To improve the connections to neighbouring European countries, Ukraine is planning and carrying out railway construction works. The efforts include reopening sections of railway that have been out of service for years, which can play...Read more
Lithuanian operator LTG Link and Polish operator Polregio will start up the cross-border trains between the countries again this summer, after being suspended due to Covid-19. Trains on the route Kaunas-Białystok will run again from...Read more
The Lithuanian Ministry of Transport and Communications has signed off on the so-called alternative 6A route for the Rail Baltica section from the city of Kaunas to the border with Poland, the developers announced on...Read more
Poland will double its planned rail investments to 11 billion zloty (2,36 billion euros), the Polish government recently announced. This should enable the completion of 34 project, up from 17 under the original plans.Read more
Polish company Nevomo has completed the first section of what is slated to become the longest passive magnetic levitation test track in Europe for their MagRail technology. Earlier this month, a 700-metre section was installed...Read more
The prime ministers of Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovenia have travelled into Ukraine by train from Poland, German press agency DPA announced earlier on Tuesday. The EU leaders aim to reach Kiev in a...Read more
Train operators from Germany, Poland, Hungary, the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Finland and Lithuania have announced that refugees from Ukraine can travel for free. Also, a train service by the Czech RegioJet in cooperation with Ukrainian...Read more
Polish rail infrastructure manager PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe has begun testing an anti-theft device for the railway catenary system. The tests in cooperation with Polands National Centre for Research and Development (NCBR) are expected to...Read more
A new cross-city railway line wil run through Poland’s capital Warsaw, but which stations will it connect? That is the subject of a study that infrastructure manager PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe is commissioning for the...Read more
Polish locomotive leasing company Cargounit has taken delivery of two Vectron MS locomotives from Siemens Mobility. In addition, the company will purchase a Smartron locomotive for the Romanian market.Read more
InterviewRail Baltica is without a doubt one of the largest railway projects in Europe, but there exist doubts about whether the benefits outweigh the high costs in the Baltic states. RailTech talked to Priit Humal...Read more
Nothing seems able to stop the Czech private operator RegioJet, which is now planning to tackle the Polish domestic mainline market. This in addition to their mainline operations in the Czech Republic. The yellow trains...Read more
A DB Regio passenger train derailed in the north west of Poland on Thursday morning after a collision with a truck. The train came from the city of Szczecin and had Berlin as its final...Read more
Nevomo, a company developing pioneering Magrail technology, has signed an agreement with CIECH Sarzyna for a new Magrail test track. With this technology, vehicles could reach speeds of 550 kilometres per hour on existing railway...Read more
PKP Intercity is working on an IT tool supporting efficient rolling stock management. The Polish operator has signed a letter of intent with Chmura Krajowa, a specialised provider of cloud computing solutions on the Polish...Read more
